跟进：Jackson贿赂案宣判：前检察官Jody Owens获刑41个月，前市议员Aaron Banks获刑45个月
跟进：位于美国密西西比州海恩兹县的 Jackson 市联邦贿赂案2026年11月5日宣判。前海恩兹县地区检察官 Jody Owens 被联邦法院判处41个月监禁，并处罚金10万美元；前 Jackson 市议员 Aaron Banks 同日被判处45个月监禁，并处罚金1.5万美元。两人此前均已就一项共谋罪认罪，案件源于联邦调查局（FBI）卧底探员扮作开发商、以兴建会展中心酒店为名向市政官员行贿的调查。
联邦地区法官 Daniel P. Jordan III 在 Jackson 的联邦法院主持宣判。检方称 Owens 是这起串谋的主导者：他把贿款递送到市政官员手中，以换取他们支持市中心的会展中心酒店项目，其中包括给前市长 Chokwe Antar Lumumba 的5万美元、给 Banks 的1万美元，以及给前市议员 Angelique Lee 的钱款与购物行程。起诉书指控 Owens 向两名扮作房地产开发商的 FBI 探员索取贿赂，并牵线促成逾8万美元的贿款流向市政官员。Owens 于2026年6月29日认罪，并于同日辞去地区检察官一职；他须在2027年1月4日报到入狱，法官建议其在阿拉巴马州 Montgomery 的联邦惩教所服刑。
Banks 是 Jackson 市议会第6选区前议员、曾任议会主席，2026年7月6日与 Lumumba 同日认罪。法官计算其量刑指南区间为51至60个月，最终判处45个月，低于指南区间。Banks 同样须在2027年1月4日报到入狱，法官建议其在密西西比州 Yazoo City 的联邦惩教所服刑。
同案其余被告中，前市议员 Angelique Lee 与商人 Sherik Marve' Smith 此前也已认罪。Lumumba 的量刑已被推迟到11月20日单独进行，法官表示其面临37至46个月的刑期；检方指控 Lumumba 收下卧底探员5万美元的竞选捐款，以换取他推动酒店项目。
这起案件的调查于2024年11月公开，联邦检方公布起诉书时，Jackson 市政厅与海恩兹县检察官办公室同时受到震动。本站10月28日曾报道，三人的量刑日期再度推迟：Owens 与 Banks 定于11月5日宣判，Lumumba 则改至11月20日。
Follow-up: Former DA Jody Owens Sentenced to 41 Months, Former Councilman Aaron Banks to 45 Months in Jackson Bribery Case
Follow-up: The federal bribery case in Jackson, in Hinds County, Mississippi, reached sentencing on November 5, 2026. Former Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens was sentenced in federal court to 41 months in prison and fined $100,000. Former Jackson City Councilman Aaron Banks was sentenced the same day to 45 months in prison and fined $15,000. Both men had previously pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy in a case built on an FBI undercover operation in which agents posed as developers seeking to build a convention center hotel.
U.S. District Judge Daniel P. Jordan III handed down the sentences in federal court in Jackson. Prosecutors described Owens as the ringleader of the scheme: he helped get bribe money into the hands of Jackson officials in exchange for their support of the downtown convention center hotel project, including $50,000 to former Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, $10,000 to Banks, and money and shopping trips for former Councilwoman Angelique Lee. The indictment accused Owens of soliciting bribes from two FBI agents posing as real estate developers and of facilitating more than $80,000 in bribes to city officials. Owens pleaded guilty on June 29, 2026, and resigned as district attorney the same day. He must report to prison on January 4, 2027, and the judge is recommending that he serve his sentence at the Federal Correctional Complex in Montgomery, Alabama.
Banks, the former Ward 6 councilman and a former council president, pleaded guilty on July 6, 2026, alongside Lumumba. The judge calculated an advisory sentencing range of 51 to 60 months and imposed 45 months, below that range. Banks must also report to prison on January 4, 2027, with the judge recommending the Federal Correctional Complex in Yazoo City, Mississippi.
Also convicted in the scheme are former Councilwoman Angelique Lee and Jackson businessman Sherik Marve' Smith, who previously pleaded guilty. Lumumba's sentencing has been postponed to November 20, when, the judge said, he faces between 37 and 46 months in prison. Prosecutors said Lumumba accepted $50,000 in campaign contributions from the undercover operatives in exchange for helping move the hotel project forward.
The investigation became public in November 2024, when federal prosecutors unveiled an indictment that shook Jackson City Hall and the Hinds County District Attorney's Office. GSM reported on October 28 that the three men's sentencings had been pushed back again, with Owens and Banks set for November 5 and Lumumba moved to November 20.
来源：密西西比州南区联邦地区法院
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- 2026-11-05 17:50跟进：Jackson贿赂案宣判：前检察官Jody Owens获刑41个月，前市议员Aaron Banks获刑45个月本篇
